Valid Names Results

Porococcus tinctorius Cockerell, 1898 (Pseudococcidae: Porococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Porococcus tinctorius Cockerell 1898j: 427. Type data: MEXICO: Amecameca, on mistletoe on oak. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaGr1992,417). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Ferris1953a: pp.404 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Biology: Occurring on the leaves and twigs of misletoe on Quercus sp. (Cockerell, 1898j).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1920a, 1953a) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).

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